Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
Early life and education
Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. Following the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.
Career
In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and appeared in more than 50 films. From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. From 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.
Personal life He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007, Albertazzi married his long-standing partner, Pia de Tolomei. Albertazzi was atheist.
In 1988 he wrote his memoirs. He died on 28 May 2016, at the age of 92.Obituary Giorgio Albertazzi
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes1951LorenzaccioLorenzo De' Medici detto Lorenzaccio1952Little World of Don CamilloDon PietroUncredited1952 Article 519, Penal CodeFranco – fidanzato di Luisa1953The Merchant of VeniceLorenzo1953I Piombi di VeneziaCaptain Giuliano1953Gioventù alla sbarraMarco1954 StormIl coloniale1954Concert of IntrigueConte Enrico Alberti1954Uomini ombraDario Saltini1957White NightsL'inquilino / NarratoreUncredited1957Marisa la civettaAntonioVoice, Uncredited1958Un flauto in paradisoVoice1960Labbra rosseCarrei1961Last Year at MarienbadX – l'homme à l'accent italien1961Morte di un banditoDon Luigino1962RedheadPatrick O'Malley1962EvaSergio Branco Malloni – a movie directorUncredited1963Violenza segretaEnrico Maraini – un giovane esploratore1967I Married You for FunPietro1968 Darling CarolineAlbencet, le géologiste1970GradivaL'amico di Norbert – un psichiatra1972The Assassination of TrotskyCommissioner1974Five Women for the KillerProfessor Aldo Betti1975La nottataDestino1975Mark of the CopQuestore1994Once a Year, Every YearLorenzo1996Fatal Frames – Fotogrammi mortaliFather1998Crimine contro crimineFilippo Maria1999Li chiamarono... briganti!Il cardinale Antonelli2001Tutta la conoscenza del mondoIl professore Perotti2003L'avvocato De GregorioDe Gregorio2004Ora e per semprePietro anziano2007Memorie di Adriano2008The RageProduttore commerciale2011Some Say NoBarone De Rolandis2016La sindrome di AntonioKlingsor(final film role)
Discography
Album 1961 – D'Annunzio – Brani scelti da la figlia di Jorio (La voce del padrone, QELP 8045, LP) with Anna Proclemer 1963 – Eliot – La terra desolata (Stereoletteraria, SPM 103, LP) 1974 – La solitudine (Cetra, LP) with Vittorio Gassman Dante – Inferno (Sansoni Accademia Editori, SLI 03, LP) with Tino Buzzelli, Tino Carraro, Ottavio Fanfani, Davide Montemurri Dante – La divina commedia – Paradiso (Nuova Accademia Del Disco, BLI 2005, LP) with Ernesto Calindri, Tino Carraro, Anna Proclemer, Ottavio Fanfani Eluard (LP) with Gérard Philipe Leopardi – Canti (Cetra, CLC 0829, LP) with Arnoldo Foà, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Lupo Neruda – 20 poesie d'amore e una canzone disperata (SPM 101, LP) Pasternak – Poesie (SPM 102, LP)
Singles 1955 – Petrarca (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0418, EP 7") 1957 – Solitudine (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0434, EP 7") 1961 – Lettere d'amore (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0477, EP 7") 1965 – Discorso della montagna (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0419, EP 7") 1969 – Questa cosa che chiamiamo mondo/Tema di Linda (Carosello, CL 20222, 7") from the television series Jekyll 1969 – Ti amo... ed io di più/Sospendi il tempo (Boradway International, 7") with Anna Proclemer 1970 – Miraggio d'estate/Miraggio d'estate (Carosello, 7") with Penny Brown I fioretti di S. Francesco (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4001, EP 7") with Antonio Baldini Giorgio Sacchetti – Tre novelle lette da Giorgio Albertazzi (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4096, EP 7") Neruda, Barcarola e altre poesie (Nuova Accademia Disco, DP 6008, EP)
Awards : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (26 June 1996) Benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte (2003)
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